Shloka 15
Adhyāya 5 (Śānti-parva): Nārada’s account of Karṇa—Jarāsandha encounter and the causal grounds of Karṇa’s fall
एवं शप्तस्तव भ्राता बहुभिश्नापि वज्चित:ः । न शोच्य: पुरुषव्याप्र युद्धेन निधनं गत:
evaṁ śaptas tava bhrātā bahubhiś cāpi vañcitaḥ | na śocyaḥ puruṣavyāghra yuddhena nidhanaṁ gataḥ puruṣasiṁha yudhiṣṭhira ||
நாரதர் கூறினார்—மனிதப் புலியே, யுதிஷ்டிரா! இவ்வாறு உன் சகோதரன் சாபத்திற்கும் உள்ளானவன்; பலரால் ஏமாற்றப்பட்டவனும்; ஆயினும் அவன் போரில் உயிர்நீத்தான்—எனவே அவனுக்காகத் துயரத்தில் மூழ்க வேண்டியதில்லை।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Nārada urges Yudhiṣṭhira to restrain grief by viewing death in battle within a dharmic frame: even when a person is burdened by curses and human deceit, the end that comes through war is presented as a completed destiny, and excessive lamentation is discouraged.
Nārada addresses Yudhiṣṭhira and speaks about his brother Karṇa, noting that Karṇa had been cursed and also misled by many; yet since he died in the war, Nārada counsels that Yudhiṣṭhira should not treat him as an object of prolonged mourning.